Take your creations beyond the workshop and onto the stage with diy music instruments! Let us show you how these creations range from simple, basic setups that produce beautiful sounds to more complex projects that require a greater level of engineering knowledge. With these tutorials and examples, we’ll guide you on this journey to make your own musical instrument for experimental, artistic or everyday use – so whether you’re starting out new or a seasoned sound creator, come explore the wonderful world of making your own music.
Adam writes in – I recently finished building a guitar that I think some of your readers might find interesting. It is all hand built including all of the metal scroll work and inlays. Hundreds of hours of research and design using a full suite of CAD/CAM programs aided in the planning and eventual fabrication […]
Reesley writes – This page describes how I built an electric guitar, it has a bunch of pictures and a fairly detailed explanation of the steps. If you have the usual power tools and some experience in woodworking, this page should get you up and running. This is the third guitar I’ve built, this is […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool – Member Ncgoth mounted a piezo contact mic on a bow used for upright bass. The results are delicate and detailed. –Link “Bowlistening” sample –Link Musical instruments are great candidates for modding. Adding functionality and novelty to a tool used specifically for personal expression is n excellent way revitalize creativity. […]
Fivefish.net DIY has a ton of great mic preamp kits for your music makers out there – Link.
I am visiting Sundance Film Festival with Graffiti Research Lab where GRL premiered Graffiti Research Lab: the Complete First Season. Besides spending a lot of time freezing outside with Laser Tag, GRL also debuted the Beat Case. The Beat Case is a portable audio system built to help the Palestinian rappers Dam and PR, here […]
Who said you can’t make square waves in the pool? MAKE Flickr Pool member Rob Cruickshank created this nifty waterproof Atari Punk Console, utilizing his own custom weatherproof potentiometer design. –Link Related: Atari Punk Console schematics – Link Atari Punk Console in a Light Bulb – Link
It really doesn’t get any more than simple than this, hook up a LED to some speakers, crank it up and watch the blinky – Link.
